Comments on: Detroit Tigers Weblog Live – 1.22.09

By: Neal

Neal — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:20:02 +0000

I liked the comments about Lyon. The only question I had was that you noted the high BABIP last year for him, and that he would probably revert to prior year standards. At the same time you noted that he had increased his K rate and decreased his BB rate.
Question: Is he throwing more strikes, therefore more hittable pitches, more K’s, less BB’s, but also better BABIP because the pitches are hittable. It still doesn’t address the issue of the infield hits.
Wouldn’t the likelihood that he decreases his BABIP coincide with a decrease in K’s and an increase in BB’s?
He seems like a good addition to the bullpen, and see what his roles winds up as.

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:30:10 +0000

I was looking over his Lyon’s splits, and for each of the last three years, he has huge differences between home and away. Two years where his away numbers were much better and one where his home numbers were. Is this the profile of a head case, or does he just happen to have huge random meltdowns every so often?

By: plandis1

plandis1 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:25:12 +0000

Good Show!

By: Mr X

Mr X — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:30:05 +0000

Let’s talk about Lyon!